1. MODEL SENTENCES

2. Simple Latin sentences:
3rd p.sg.pres A mother sits.
Mater sedet A mother is sitting.
NOM A mother does sit. .

3. 3rd p.sg. pres. A father writes.
Pater scribit. A father is writing.
NOM A father does write.

4. “formula” for this type of Latin sentence is:
SUBJECT + PREDICATE (verb) S + P/V

5. Metella est mater. Another example: Metella is a mother.
Subject linking verb + predicate Nominative
S + LV + PN
Metella is a mother.
* est = 3rd p. sg. verb to be (esse)

6. Mater est laeta. A Mother is happy. S + LV + PA
Subject linking verb + predicate adjective
A Mother is happy.
S + LV + PA
* est = 3rd p. sg. verb to be (esse)

7. Mater in triclinio sedet. S + PP + P/V
Another possibility:
subject prepositional phrase predicate/verb
Mater in triclinio sedet.
S PP P/V
A mother is sitting in a dinning room.

8. Word order in Latin is usually:
Subject first
Verb/predicate at the end of a sentence, but the linking verb can be in the middle.

9. Scribit. He, she, it writes. Legit. He, she, it reads.
One more possibility:
Scribit. He, she, it writes.
Legit. He, she, it reads.
Sedet. He, she, it sits.
These are complete sentences in Latin.
Subject is hidden (he, she, it)

10. Write in Latin:
A daughter is sitting.
A father writes.
A dog is in the street.
A cook is in the kitchen.

11. Modestus puellae annulum dedit.
More examples
subject ind. object direct object verb/predicate
Modestus puellae annulum dedit.

12. Modestus gave the ring to the girl.

13. Modestus annulum matris suae puellae in hortō dedit. subject direct obj. possession ind. obj. prep. verb/pred Nom. Acc. Gen. Dat. Abl.

14. Modestus gave his mother’s ring to the girl in the garden.